Cameroon
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Population: | 18,879,301 |
| Capital: | Yaounde | |
| Language: | English and French (official) | |
| Literacy Rate: | 67.9% | |
| GDP/PP: | $2,300 | |
| Joined Commonwealth: | 13 November 1995 |
Media
The government tightly controls the broadcast media. State-run CRTV operates national TV and radio networks and provincial radio stations.
State TV's monopoly was broken with the arrival in 2001 of TV Max, Cameroon's first private TV station. Dozens of private radio stations sprang up following a liberalisation of telecommunications in 2000.
Newspapers - the public's main source of news - are subject to considerable official restrictions. Tough libel legislation is in place.
Secessionists in the mainly English-speaking southern provinces have used pirate radio broadcasts to spread their message.
BBC programming in English, French and Hausa is available across much of the country via FM relays.
Newspapers
Le Messager - privately-owned, Douala-based
Cameroon Tribune - state-owned daily in French, English
Mutations - privately-owned French-language daily
The Herald - English-language
The Post - private, English-language
La Nouvelle Expression - private, French-language
Television
Cameroon Radio Television - state-run
Canal 2 - private
STV - private
Radio
Cameroon Radio Television - state-run
Radio Reine - Catholic station
Radio Siantou - private
